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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
tī | ti1
English translation
ladder
stairs
ladder, steps, stairs

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Number of strokes

11

Traditional form

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

wood

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

木弟

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

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利季娅转身 zhuǎn shēn 憋住 Xiàng 楼梯 lóu tī páo .

Lydia turned and ran, choking, toward the staircase.

Suǒ 米斯 diū xià shé dié 自己 zìjǐ de 大衣 dà yī ,走上楼梯 lóu tī .

Soames left him folding the coat and began to mount the stairs.

yāo shì 楼梯 lóu tī dǎo le , huì zuò gēng duō de mèng !

If them stairs hadn't broke down you'd'a'seen how much dream it was!

这个 zhè ge 梯子 tī zi gòu dào 屋顶 wū dǐng .

This ladder won't reach the roof.

běn jiē de 目的 mùdì jiù shì 了解 liǎojiě 一下 yīxià 梯度 tī dù de 基本 jīběn 内容 nèiróng .

The intent here is to identify the basic ingredients of gradient methods.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
电梯 diàntī elevator電梯
楼梯 lóu tī stair樓梯
ladder
梯子 tī zi ladder梯子 tī zi
阶梯 jiē tī flight of steps階梯
梯度 tī dù gradient梯度 tī dù
梯队 tī duì echelon (military)梯隊
云梯 yún tī escalade雲梯
扶梯 fú tī ladder扶梯 fú tī
梯田 tī tián terracing梯田 tī tián
滑梯 huá tī a slide滑梯 huá tī
梯形 tī xíng trapezoid梯形 tī xíng
梯级 tī jí stair梯級
天梯 tiān tī stairway to heaven天梯 tiān tī
楼梯间 lóu tī jiān staircase樓梯間
绳梯 shéng tī a rope ladder繩梯
舷梯 xián tī gangway舷梯 xián tī
旋梯 xuán tī spiral stairs旋梯 xuán tī
软梯 ruǎn tī rope ladder軟梯
梯恩梯 tī ēn tī TNT (trinitrotoluene) (loanword)梯恩梯 tī ēn tī
吊梯 diào tī a rope ladder吊梯 diào tī
盘梯 pán tī spiral staircase盤梯

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Decomposition

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